From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: wb@freebie.xs4all.nl (Wilko Bulte) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:27:50 +0200 Subject: [TUHS] Whence 1st Edition Unix Kernel Assembly? In-Reply-To: <20080424213916.GP92261@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20080424000736.GA48312@minnie.tuhs.org> <4810B69F.1000500@bitsavers.org> <143F6603-5D78-4C0E-B159-F421657356C9@tfeb.org> <4810C050.3030507@bitsavers.org> <8dd2d95c0804241027x3280724aq8d48bdf044b690a2@mail.gmail.com> <20080424213916.GP92261@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Message-ID: <20080425062750.GC3258@freebie.xs4all.nl> Quoting Peter Jeremy, who wrote on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 07:39:17AM +1000 .. > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 07:30:58AM -1000, Tim Newsham wrote: > >> I guess we need to start archiving all software on acid-free archival > >> paper, then. It's the only way it'll survive. > > > >And not necessarily in human readable form -- how about some format > >that is very easy to ocr with minimal errors and error correcting codes? > > PGP successfully did this (primarily to work-around US crypto laws): > http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=7024 > > Archiving digital data is actually a major problem: Not only do you > need to be able to physically read the media but you need to be able > to interpret the bits that you read. This probably means access to > the software that was used to create it (more data to archive) running Yeah... can you say "Microsoft Office" files? -- Wilko Bulte wilko at FreeBSD.org